Logical connectives derive their meaning from subjective experiences like hesitation and rejection.

Evidence

We wish to know what are the occurrences that make the word “or” useful. These occurrences are not to be sought in the facts that verify or falsify beliefs, which have no disjunctive quality, but are what they are. The only occurrences that demand the word “or” are subjective, and are in fact hesitations. In order to express a hesitation in words, we need “or” or some equivalent word… … “[N]ot” must derive its meaning from experiences of rejection, and “or” from experiences of hesitation. Thus no essential word in our vocabulary can have a meaning independent of experience. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 732

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explains how Russell grounds the meaning of ‘or’ and ‘not’ in subjective experience rather than in objective facts.
• XREF: connects to: The connective relations among signs are systemic, not private subjective matters.; Man’s nature includes refusal and negation alongside affirmation

Related

• The connective relations among signs are systemic, not private subjective matters. (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Man’s nature includes refusal and negation alongside affirmation #expands (0.55)